The World Health Organisation is looking at 'e-vaccination' certificates to allow people given the coronavirus vaccine to travel, a representative said on Thursday.
But the UN's health body also said antibodies in people who have recovered from Covid-19 should not qualify for so called 'immunity passports'.
Therefore, the WHO recommended countries do not issue such passports to people who have recovered from the virus, and also said it did not recommend allowing people to cross borders based on testing.
'We are looking very closely into the use of technology in this COVID-19 response, one of them how we can work with member states toward an e-vaccination certificate,' said Siddhartha Datta, Europe's WHO programme manager for vaccine-preventable diseases, told reporters on a call from Copenhagen.
Estonia and the United Nations health agency in October started a pilot project for a digital vaccine certificate - a 'smart yellow card' - for eventual use in shared healthcare data tracking and to strengthen the WHO-backed COVAX initiative to boost vaccinations in developing countries…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9013955/WHO-looks-possible-e-vaccination-certificates-travel.html
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